What
you see is not true! What you hear is not true! And what's
more, what you believe too is not true! That's 'Shubam'!

Getting
confused? Well, it's better to look at the story first. 'Shubham'
is the story of three brothers, a sister (Sanjita) and her
lover (Shivadhwaj). Heroin's brothers are so sensitive and
protective as if she is a princess! Reason - they are told
by someone that their nephew will kill them all - the way
Krishna killed Kamsa! At the same time, if they try to kill
their sister, they will ruin as per their belief. Are we in
dwapar yug or twenty first century? So, three brothers decide
marry her off to an impotent, so that they are safe! But her
grandfather wants Sanjita to lead a normal life and he helps
her boyfriend Shivadhwaj to kidnap her. The chase continues
a forest and finally, Shivadhwaj decides to send her back
home. He hands over Sanjitha to her brothers.

Story takes a deviation here… By bribing a doctor, Sanjita's
brothers manage
to convince Shivadhwaj that he has a brain tumor. Dreaded
hero decides to depart from his love and lies her that he
is already married. The plot thickens. Her brothers kill the
grandfather who tries to reveal the truth. Somehow Sanjita
comes to know about the whole plot. What next? Have patience?
Please watch the film then.

Entire
film industry and the audience had great expectations about
debutante director Ravi R. Garani. But Ravi disappoints particularly
in storytelling. His experience in TV shows too has not helped
him much. After all, film is not a 'mega' serial! He tried
to tell a wafer thin story in a very complex way. He confuses
the audience by narrating the story in reverse order. Upendra
tried this trick in 'A' and 'Upendra'. But he was then successful
as the film had stuff in it. But Shubham fails to do that
magic due to too many twists and incidents with very slow
pace.

But director must be applauded for making a technically good
movie. Technical aspects subdue the story here. Another big
plus is cameraman Giri who takes you to another world with
his brilliant cinematography - especially the
forest scenes. Gurukiran has gives couple of hummable songs.
Editor Nagendra Urs too has done a neat job. Technically,
this film is a treat to watch.

Other
than the technicians it is Sanjita who makes the film worth
watching. Ravi Garani has captured her innocence and glamour
aptly. Shivadhwaj has worked really hard but lacks the ruggedness
when needed. Kishore is at his best. Uncle Lokanath and Vanitha
Vasu are convincing.

In a nutshell, watch Shubham if you haven't seen a technically
good Kannada film in the recent past.